Return to New York.

After barely making onto the plane on my trip out to SF, I decided to be more careful on my return trip. I had rented a car to drive to the airport and knew that returning the car might take some time. So I dedicated an hour for the trip to the airport and another half hour for returning the car and taking the monorail to the terminal, knowing that neither part of the journey would take so long. I ended up getting all the way through check in before 5am. Yay. SFO didn't open the security gates until 5:30am. So I walked all around the airport... the entire airport. I checked out the art work, SFO has a lot of it, including a really cool exhibit on Warner Bros. cartoons, so it's not like I didn't have anything to do. I finally decided to head over to the gate around 6ish since we were going to start boarding at 6:15am. Then entire terminal was empty and my gate was at the very end of it, the only gate in use apparently at this hour in the morning. But when I got there, a Virgin America flight to Los Angeles was in the process of boarding. I checked my ticket and the departures screen, afraid that I was at the wrong gate, (which I've done before). Nope, this was the right gate. I approached the desk and asked an agent just to make sure. Yep, we'll be boarding as soon as they're done. Of course, the other flight wasn't done before we were supposed to begin getting on the plane and, yet again, Virgin America left late. Still, once we were in the air I fell asleep for nearly the entire flight which was smooth and swift. I arrived in New York feeling rested and happy. All in all, I felt like Virgin America wasn't any worse than any other airline I've been on lately. And for the price, I can deal with the cheesy lighting... at least until they pull a JetBlue and hike the rates.